1 * . * # • ■ s § ' 4 ine* Volume 30 Number 4 September 2003 Ronald Phillips— living legend u *1 • Buffet C rampon .. .th e wop Id standapd For over 175 years. Buffet Crampon has been the world's leading manufacturer of professional and student clarinets. Isn't it time you experience what the rest of the world is talking about? The BC1131G-5...superior response and projection \ A Exceptional response from specially undercut tone holes { Cif; www.buffet-crampon.com ' 800.426.7068 sL Volume 30, Number 4 September 2003 Features About the Cover... Ronald Phillips — see the feature THE CLARINET TEACHING OF KEITH STEIN — Part Four by David Pino 38 article beginning on page 58. (photo by Larey McDaniel) FEELINGS by Heston L. Wilson, M.D 42 REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF VICTOR POLATSCHEK by Jesse Krebs 44 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Altieri Instrument Bags 6 ORCHESTRAL COMPARISONS, A STUDY OF ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS, Ben Armato 7 Charles Bay 9 PART V by Edward Palanker. 48 Buffet Crampon Inside Front Cover Robert Borbeck 18 IN THE SHADOW OF SHOSTAKOVICH: A CLARINET SONATA BY Brannen Woodwinds 30 BRS Music, Inc 27 MOISEY VAINBERG by Igor Poklad 50 California Institute of the Arts School of Music 13 Carmine Campione 33 RONALD PHILLIPS — LIVING LEGEND by Mary Louise Kantor 58 CASS 6 Clarinet Classics 46 Cleveland Institute of Music 31 THE INTERNATIONAL CLARINET COMPETITION OF THE Conn-Selmer, Inc Back Cover ARD-MUNICH: A BRIEF HISTORY AND RETROSPECTIVE by James Gillespie 62 Crystal Records 2 The Davie Cane Company 43 DEG Music Products, Inc 49 HIMIE VOXMAN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION by Charles West 72 Equilibrium Records 55 Ignatius Gennusa 22 A.M. Gigliotti, Inc 17, 53 JEAN TASTENOE, 1912-2002 — AN INTERVIEW FROM 1998 by Howard Klug 76 Walter Grabner's ClarinetXpress 70 G. Henle USA, Inc 18 Ithaca College 2 METRONOME STUDIES FOR DEVELOPING MUSICIANSHIP by Paul Garner. 80 International Musical Suppliers, Inc 12, 23, 74 Jeanne, Inc 37 J upiter Clarinets 19 IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL (1757-1831): AN EXAMINATION OF HIS Last Resort Music 10 "ORIGINAL" WORKS FOR CLARINET by Michael Thrasher and Barbara Wallace 86 G. 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Rossi 75 Rovner Products, Inc 108 CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS 26 Rutgers University 19 Sayre Woodwinds 2 HISTORICALLY SPEAKING... by Deborah Check Reeves 32 Tap Music Sales 108 United States Army Band 55 United States Army 56 QUINTESSENCE — The Wind Quintet Informant, No. 25 by Bruce Creditor 34 Valentino, Inc 55 Van Cott Information Services 23 LETTER FROM THE U.K. by Paul Harris 36 Dirk Vandamme 108 West Coast Clarinet Congress 30 Wichita Band Instrument Co 102 REVIEWS 94 Wind Instrument Center 93 The Woodwind & The Brasswind 40 RECITALS AND CONCERTS 104 Woodwindiana 82 Yamaha 107 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by Robert Walzel. 106 September 2003 Page 1 Clarinet Study at Ithaca SAYRE WOODWINDS with Mouthpieces Richard Faria, Michael Galvan A • Handcrafted to ox • Premier Talent Scholarships • Mass Produced TRADmON up to $13,000 • Hard Rubber ( o > • emphasis on under¬ • 14kt Gold Facing OF graduate training • Refacing ( v O x i • a blend of professional ARBO't. • Adjustment 9? EXCELLENCE musical experience and ( MAjem | • Repair of Broken strong academic programs N ^HICAGO.^ ' Mouthpieces • 56 full-time residential faculty Accessories To schedule an audition or interview • graduate teaching or for more information, contact assistantships Clarinet Repair Director of Music Admission Ithaca College 22 W. St. Charles Road • focus on performance 3322 Whalen Center Lombard, IL 60148 Ithaca, NY 14850-7240 • world-class facility 607-274-3366, 607-274-1727 (fax) E-mail: [email protected] 630-916-1525 Web site: www.ithaca.edu/music Clarinet Recordings THE VERDEHRTRIO. (Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Clarinet). The Dream Tracks; David, Triple Concerto (w/Orchestra). CD746: Diamond, Trio & Violin Sonata; Making of a Medium Series (Violin, Clarinet, Piano). CD741: Sculthorpe, Night Song; Corigliano, Violin Sonata. CD747: Music by James Niblock. Hovhaness, Lake Samish; Bartok, Contrasts; Pasatieri, Theatrepieces; CD748:Triple Concertos by Ott & Wallace. CD749: Trio/Orchestra; Skrowaczewski & David. Mozart, Trio; Frescobaldi. CD742: Rorem, End of Summer; Musgrave, CD940: Beethoven Trio; Larsen, Slang; Druckman, Glint; Bolcom, Trio; Bruch, Trio (2 mvts.); Pierrot; David, Schubertiade; Vanhal; Liszt. CD743: Schuller, A Trio Tchaikovsky, Meditation. CD941: Menotti, Trio; Bruch, Trio (no. 4 & 8); Constantinides, Oracle Setting; Averitt; Currier. CD744: Dickinson, Hymns, Rags and Blues; at Delphi; Deak, Lad, a Dog. CD942: music by Chihara, Diamond, Satterwhite, Kramer, Biggs, Husa, Sonata a tre; Freund; Niblock. CD745: Arutiunian, Suite; Schickele, Serenade; Sculthorpe, & Erb. CD943: music by Currier, Tower, Gershwin/Brohn, Welcher, Biggs, & Hoag. MICHAEL EDWARDS, Clarinet: MITCHELL LURIE, CLARINET: TRIO INDIANA: James CD735. Clarinet Sonatas by Saint-Saens, CD737. Halsey Stevens, Concerto for Campbell, Eli Eban, Howard Klug, Ladmirault, & Bjelinski. Martinu Sonatina; Rabaud Clarinet & String Orchestra; Frederick Clarinets (clarinet faculty Indiana Solo de Concours . Edwards formerly Montreal Lesemann, Sonata for Clarinet & Per¬ University). CD734: Defaye, Pieces Symphony & soloist at Orford & Stratford Festivals. cussion; Robert Muczynski, Time D'Audition; Schickele, Dances; Pieces for Clarinet & Piano. With Karen Kulesha, Political Implications (with "Clarinet fanciers will find a treat here." Fanfare Ervin, percussion, & Muczynski, piano. David Shea, clarinet, assisting art¬ JONATHAN COHLER, CLARINET: Lurie is one of the world's best-known ist); Kibbe, Ebony Suite; Fox, Time Weaving. CD736: (with clarinetists. Formerly principal in Chi¬ Alfred Prinz, Mitchell Lurie, & Min-Ho Yeh, guests). Prinz, CD733. Hindemith, Sonata; Honegger, cago & Pittsburgh Symphonies, he Bloomington Quartet & Trio; Heiden, Clarinet Trio; Uhl, Sonatina; Francaix, Theme & Variations; taught for over 40 years at U.S.C. Divertimento; Weill, Pieces from The Threepenny Opera. Vaughan Williams, 6 Studies English Folksong; Milhaud, Duo Concertant & Caprice; Bozza, LARRY COMBS: (C731 cassette only) Rochberg, Trio for WESTWOOD WIND QUINTET (David Atkins, clarinet): Pulcinella; Kupferman, Moonflowers, Baby! Clarinet, Horn, & Piano; Schuller, Romantic Sonata for Clari¬ "Magnificent American group...superlative playing" Gramophone net, Horn, & Piano; Rosza, Sonatina for Clarinet Solo. Gail CD750: Barber, Summer Music; Ligeti, Six Bagatelles; TOUR DE FRANCE: CD356. Williams, hom; Mary Ann Covert, piano. Mathias, Quintet; Carlson, Nightwings. CD751: Dahl, Alle¬ Michael Webster, Clarinet; Leone JAMES CAMPBELL: (C732 cass. only) Reicha & Francaix gro & Arioso; Moyse, Quintet; Husa, Serenade for Piano & Buyse, Flute; Katherine Collier, Quintets, Clarinet & String Quartet, w/ Allegri String Quartet. Wind Quintet; Sapieyevski, Arioso forTrumpet & Wind Quin¬ Piano. Debussy: Afternoon of a C331 (cass. only): Poulenc, Jeanjean, Schumann, Berg, etc. tet. CD752: Bergsma, Concerto for Wind Quintet; Rochberg, Faune, Petite Piece, Premiere LAWRENCE SOBOL, CLARINET: CD808. Hovhaness, Sat¬ To the Dark Wood; Carter, Woodwind Quintet; Biggs, Rhapsody, & Syrinx; Saint-Saens: urn, for Clarinet, Soprano, & Piano. Also Hovhaness Scherzo; Plog, Animal Ditties; Schuller, Suite; Schuman, Tarantella; Bizet, Jeux d'enfants; Faure, Dolly Suite. "De¬ Magnificat for Soloists, Chorus, & Orch. "Saturn is a beguiling Dances for Quintet & Percussion. CD250: Klughardt, Quin¬ lightful; exquisitely played." Fanfare hymnal.Jreshness and vitality." Classic CD Magazine tet; Berio, Opus No. Zoo; Linn, Quintet; Pillin, Scherzo, etc. CDs $16.95; C (cassette) $10.98; recordings available only in formats FREE CD or cassette with each purchase of three: shown. Add $2.00 per order US shipping; $6. foreign (mention this ad). for each four ordered, omit payment for lowest-priced one. 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